Tobacco-pipe.



no. 710,740. Patented Oct. 7, 1902.

A. BERNINGER.

TOBACCO PIPE.

(Application filed June 27, 1902.) (No Model.)

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ADAM BERNINGER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOBACCO-PIPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 710,740, dated October '7, 1902. Application filed June 27,1902. Serial No. 113,515. (No model.)

To (all whont in navy concern:

Be it known that I,.ADAM BERNINGER, a SllbJGCli of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tobacco- Pipes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in tobacco-pipes, and has for its object the provision of novel means whereby every particle of tobacco placed in the bowl of the pipe may be consumed, thereby greatly economizing the use of tobacco and also preventing the formation in the bowl of what is known as the heel.

A still further object of my invention is to provide novel means in the stem of the pipe that will assure a cool smoke at all times.

Furthermore, to prevent the burning of the tongue, which has been found to be an objectionable feature in pipes of the ordinary construction.

My invention further aims to construct a pipe throughout that may be easily cleaned and one that will be prevented by reason of its peculiarconstruction from becoming foul, thereby producing a pipe that will be both sanitary and healthful.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide a pipe that will be extremely simple in construction, strong, durable, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and highly efficient in its use.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrai'igement of parts, to be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference is bad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and wherein like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views,in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of my improved pipe. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of a.portion of the stem. Fig. 3 is an under plan view of the bottom of the bowl.

In the drawings the reference-ninneral 1 represents the bowl of the pipe, having formed therein and extending into the bowl a nipple 2, at the forward end of which is secured the wire-gauze netting 3. The upper end of the bowl is preferably reinforced with a metallic rim 4, to which is hinged at 5 the cover 6,which cover partly extends into the upper portion of the bowl and forms a hermetic-a1 seal when closed, said cover also carrying an S-shaped spring 7, which extends and bears against the reinforced or rim portion 4 and retains the cover in a locked position upon the upper portion of the bowl. The bottom of the bowl is formed of a perforated plate 8, which is rigidly secured in any suitable manner. In lieu of the said perforated plate, the bottom of the bowl may be formed of gauze-wire netting, if desired, and to this plate is hinged at 9 the lower lid or cover 10, said lid having formed in its sides air-openings 11 and likewise carries an S-shaped spring 12 to engage the lower edge or side of the bowl when in the closed position.

The stem proper is represented by the numeral 1a, which is adapted to fit over the nipple 2 and frictionally engage the same, and the outer end of said stem is slightly reduced and screw-threaded, as shown at 15, to receive the screw-threaded collar 16. Said collar is also interiorly screw-threaded at its end, asshown at 17, to receive the mouthpiece 18, which carries registering screwthreads 19. Interiorly in the stem 14 is socured a tube 20, having a closed end 21 and having formed near its other end a number of openings 22. Said tube carries at its end securing-lugs 23, which frictionally engage the interior walls ofthe stem 141. The mouthpiece 18 has secured thereto a tube 24, which is extended into the tube 20, within a short distance of the end thereof. In the interior of said tube 2i is placed a Wire 25, carrying at its lower end absorbent material 26, the latter resting in the end of the tube 20.

The operation of my improved pipe is as follows: The tobacco is placed in the bowl in the usual manner, and the lid or cover (3 is then closed to the position as shown in full lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The lower lid or cover is then opened to the position as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and the pipe is lighted through the perforated bottom 8. The lower lid or cover 10 is then closed, and the smoke is first drawn through the screen 3, thence through the nipple 2, and permitted to be drawn between the interior walls of the stem 1% and the outer walls of the tube 20 in the direction of the arrows, as indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The smoke will then pass through the openings 22 into the tube 20, downwardly to the end of the interior tube 24, and thence upwardly through said tube through the mouthpiece 18, thus forming a circuitous course. The nicotin, as well as all the moisture, will pass from the mouthpiece down through the interior tube 24 into the absorbent material.

By the peculiar construction of the bowl every fragment of tobacco in the pipe is consumed, and when it is desired to clean the same both the upper and lowerlids or covers are opened, as shown in dotted position in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The bowl of the pipe is then inverted, and by blowing through the perforated plate 8 the bowl of the pipe is thoroughly cleaned. When it is desired to clean the stem of the pipe, the collar 16, together with the mouthpiece carrying the tube 24, is removed, thus permitting free access to the wire, which is removed with the absorbent material, vwhich serves to thoroughly cleanse the nicotin-chamber formed in the end of the tube 20, and also thoroughly cleans the tube.

By reason of the circuitous course of the smoke through the channels, as heretofore described, a cool smoke is obtained, and the burning or biting, which is caused by the direct course through the pipe-stem, is efiectually obviated.

The many other advantages obtained by the use of my improved pipe will be readily apparent from the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a tobacco-pipe, the combination of a stem and a bowl, having a perforated bottom,

an upper lid hinged to the bowl for hermeticallysealing the same, and a lower lid hinged to the bowl and having air-apertures in its sides, the bottom of the lid being spaced from the said perforated bottom of the bowl, substantially as described.

2. In a tobacco-pipe, the combination of a bowl, having a stem, a nipple extending within the bowl and supporting said stem, said nipple being located intermediate the ends of the bowl, an interior tube closed at one end and having openings formed adjacent its open end, with means for engagement with the stem to space said tube therefrom, a mouthpiece secured to the stem, and an interior tube secured to the mouthpiece and extending within said first-named interior tube, substantially as described.

3. In a tobacco-pipe, the combination of a bowl having a perforated bottom, a stem, an upper and lower lid secured to said bowl, said lower lid having openings formed therein, an interior tube secured in said stem having openings formed near the end thereof, a mouthpiece secured to said stem carrying an interior tube extending in said first-named tube, a wire extending through said tube carried by said mouthpiece, and an absorbent material secured to the end of said wire, substantially as described.

4. In a tobacco-pipe, the combination of a bowl having a perforated bottom, an upper hinged lid forming a hermetical seal, a lower lid having openings formed therein, a stem secured to said bowl, a wire-gauze in the bowl and located to the front of said stem, an interior tube arranged in said stem having openings formed therein, a closed end formed integral with said tube, a collar secured to said stem, a mouthpiece secured to said collar carrying a tube extending into said firstnamed tube, a wire extending through said tube carrying absorbent material, all parts being arranged and operating substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ADAM BERNINGER.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN NOLAND, E. E. POTTER. 

